The Good kind of Heavy

[Richard Brekne]

Barbara Richmond wrote:
> 
> > 
> > But its also important to help them to
> > understand that in dealing with a technician they need to be able to
> > express as clearly and precisely as is possible from a technical
> > standpoint. Sure... its an uphill battle, but then communication in
> > general always is IMB.
> 
> That's in my book, right?  My husband and I just had a wildly funny time
> coming up with options for the B.  :-)

Grin.... do I know you from somewhere ??? hehe.. Book is the right
interpretation. 
> 
> ......  And I have an almost a perfect record in figuring out what they
> were referring to (lucky me!) or getting (if I was willing and it was
> possible) the results they wanted.  There was just one case that stumped me,
> and I can't tell you about it here, because it qualifies as politically
> incorrect.  :-)
> 
Ah come on... I wont tell. Besides... whats politically correct at any
given time varies far more wildly then just about anything else on the
planet... if you wait a couple days... it will be politically incorrect
to not reveal your story.


> >
> > Thats a good question to put at them for sure, tho no doubt the answers
> > are going to be vague and wildly variant. Asking a pianist to express
> > something in terms of musicality is asking them to speak their own
> > language...
> 
> But, Riiiiiiiiiiiic, (I'm whining here), I AM a pianist (of sorts) and I
> speak that language.  I guess that's why I'm really interested in what makes
> them like it and keep hitting on the musical angle!

Ahhh...then you must know that when 12 pianists sit down at one piano
and after playing for a bit all say "ahhh... now THIS is a good
piano"... that they are talking about 12 different <<Goods>>. And when
those same 12 sit down to 12 different pianos... there is no way on
heaven or earth they are going to agree just what those <<Goods>> are.
Dont get me wrong... I love the dialect myself.... but its a difficult
one to be sure of unless you do the dance yourself.

> 
> > that of the mage as it were :) That said, I don't think they
> > play this piano much for its musicality... it's for exercise. Again
> > tho.. it will be interesting to see how that picture develops as this
> > instrument slowly gets put back into reasonably decent shape.
> 
> If it's for the exercise, that's OK.  But in my experience as a pianist, I
> can't say I ever liked a piano just for the exercise (but that doesn't mean
> it's not possible!).


Well... they dont like it as a performance instrument... perhaps I didnt
make that clear. This is a practice instrument, never used for
performance at all. 

......

> > Thanks to YOU Barbara :)  Illinois....  isn't that a suburb of Algona
> > Iowa or something ?? :)
> 
> That's it!  And lot of corn is grown here, too.  A friend of mine has a
> theory
> about corn and how it seems to work as a truth serum on me...........
> 
> Looking forward to the results of your experiment--or, should I say, the
> results of "Stump the Technician."   :-)
> 
> Barbara Richmond


Stumpy eh ??? grin.  Cheers Barbara... and she knows Algona !!

RicB